Sober Vacations Destinations 2016

Sober Vacations Destinations 2016

Like any other occasion a vacation is full of temptations and rationalizations. As a sponsor I have seen many a sad and sorry 12 step member come back to reality wounded and possibly unable to get back on the recovery trail.

On any conventional holiday, alcohol or your particular drug of choice is everywhere!

The reasons I heard for someone picking up or using during their vacation were always basically the same.

I felt out-of-place…

I got caught up in the moment…

I was afraid…

I met a guy/girl…

I was lonely…

I couldn’t get a hold of my sponsor..

I thought I could get away with it

It looked so appetizing…

I was in a different neighborhood, city, country…

Nobody knew me there…

Everybody was doing it…

To name a few of the most common…

Where to find sober vacations?

Try booking your sober vacations to coincide with a rally, roundup, convention or workshop with your basic support group organization. here are a couple examples of that

Alcoholics Anonymous, AlAnon Area and World Conferences

Gamblers Anonymous or Overeaters Anonymous Area and World Conferences

Check with your sponsor or central office for particulars. Take a printed agenda or meeting schedule with you in case you lose your phone.

Our AddictionZ Sober Vacations

We have had this Addictionz.com page available as a touchstone to all sorts of multiple addicts and counselors for the past 20 years. Over the years many of our guests at our B&B have been of a recovering type. Everyone is welcome at our B&B.

Gingerbread Cottage offers a safe place for recovering folks to have a great vacation without feeling misunderstood.

Sober Vacations Destination at the Gingerbread Cottage B&B a Safe Place for recovering Folks

We have a nice sober Bed and Breakfast in Victoria BC Canada and understand these challenges. We have been providing our guests and visitors with a safe, supportive environment which is usually not available at other hotels or resorts.

In our personal experience it is difficult to find a vacation environment where a recovering individual can be surrounded by like-minded recovery based people so as not to be exposed to their former lifestyle.

The property – a restored 19th century Victorian Arts and Crafts Duplex Home – is located in Victoria BC Canada, close to Seattle Clipper Ferry and Coho Ferry from Port Angeles WA, there is an airport shuttle at reasonable cost from YYJ – Victoria International Airport, Ferry Travelers from Vancouver can board a bus to downtown Victoria and walk up.

Victoria itself offers a wide range of activities, from mountain biking and hiking, to bird watching and tennis, scuba diving is half a block away, whale watching tours, salmon fishing charters, local garden tours and world-famous Butchart Gardens tours . The Royal BC Museum and Parliament buildings are just a stroll away. The beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca or Salish Sea – as it is now called – is just steps away adjacent to Victoria’s Alaskan Cruise Ship Docks.

There are also many year round golf courses in the surrounding area.

Although attending meetings is not obligatory, and the Gingerbread Cottage B&B is not affiliated with any particular organisation, our guests will be informed of daily Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings. Weekly Gamblers Anonymous locally.

For people in early recovery from drug or alcohol addiction, it’s a great idea to attend a sober vacations destination as it is difficult to find an environment where they are surrounded by like-minded people and are not exposed to their former using lifestyle”

Here is a thought!
Why don’t you book your sober vacations – recovery style vacation with us in beautiful downtown Victoria BC Canada at our Gingerbread Cottage Bed and Breakfast. Over the years we have had lots of therapists, recovering addicts and health professionals stay at our idyllic B&B steps from the Salish Sea. Oh and we have gourmet breakfasts too! Vanessa makes a fantastic Austrian Apple Strudel! see more on our B&B website…

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Recovery Is Possible for Anyone

1. Don't underestimate your AddictionZ, you may be addicted to many hidden chemicals and unaware of many behaviors.
2. Set an Achievable Recovery Goal - Don't try to solve all your problems at once.
3. Establish a Competent Effective Support Group
4. Set a Reasonable Time Frame - Ten Minutes, One Hour - One Day - Repeat - Quitting anything for 'Life' is usually too difficult to comprehend.
5. Don't hang all your problems "on one nail"
6. Find a way to get your "feel good drugs" in a different method - random acts of kindness - help someone worse off than you - Be selfish about giving!

Remember a molecule can go from 'negative to positive' by simply losing one electron, find a way to 'lose an electron' in your life. simple as that!

It takes a village to rehab an addict! Don't try to do it alone. Yesterday I saw a can picker give a homeless person some money! Think about it...

Sober Vacations and Getaways

Stay at our Gingerbread Cottage Bed & Breakfast

Over the past 25 years, we have enjoyed hosting many recovering folks from all recovery programs, therapists, counselors, authors, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors and other health professionals who have enjoyed our camaraderie, great food, wonderful local sights and recovery tinted hospitality. Of course we are LGBTQ friendly.

"Well behaved" small pets are welcome. We have a therapy cat on the premises who will quickly tell you that he doesnt care! :) - Free wifi and guest computer access. Some smoking areas are available.

We are centrally located in downtown Victoria BC Canada on lovely Vancouver Island! and the CDN dollar is low these days so this is a great value for US and Euro travellers.

English and German spoken. Recovery meeting lists and guidance is available. Short walk to daily 7AM AA Meeting.

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Dean Brandhagen

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